Our Faith Formation Program is still in need of a 2nd year RCIC Catechist for our Sunday morning 8:45 to 9:45am class. If you enjoy working with children and love our faith, please consider this rewarding Ministry! If interested, please call Bernadette in the parish office at (970) 242-6121 ext 204.
The team of volunteers who will supervise the library after the 4pm Saturday and 7:30 ^ 10am Sunday Masses have met and are ready to serve parishioners. The library will be open after these three Masses beginning September 30th and October 1st for one hour. Come browse and enjoy your unique IHM resource. Please enter the Library on the south side of the front entrance, not through the office.
View photos taken at our 2023 Ministry Fair held September 9th & 10th. Use the navigation bar above. Click on "More" then click "Photo Albums". If you double click on the first photo you will be able to scroll through enlarged versions of all the photos. Thank you to all who participated in this year's event.
HFCS Giving Day 2023 will take place on Wednesday, October 4th. This is a 24-hour event where the funds support all areas of the school, such as, classroom support, art, music, technology and tuition assistance. Call Holy Family School for more information. (970) 242-6168.
Our Priests will be blessing animals on Wednesday, October 4 at Holy Family School at 8:00am by the round about. Then again on Sunday, October 8 after the 10am Mass. Please bring all animals for this wonderful blessing in honor of St. Francis of Assisi.
Please come to hear Dr. Christina Francis, president of the American Academy of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, at 6pm at the Four Winds Cafe on Friday, September 29th. Also, please join us the the annual Life Chain from 3pm to 4pm on Sunday , October 1st beginning at Messiah Lutheran Church, 840 N. 11th Street.
Bethlehem Handicrafts will showcase a collection of olive wood carvings & gifts from the Holy Land following each Mass on October 7th & 8th. By purchasing these items, you are supporting the future of Christians in the Holy Land!
Catholic Daughters All Soul's Day candles will be available for sale for $10 each at IHM on 9/30 & 10/1/23 after all Masses. Candles may be personalized with a picture of a saint or loved one, names, and dates. The proceeds from the sale will be donated to Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine (20%), Drops of Hope Foundation (20%) and other Catholic Daughters' projects and charities (60%).
Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 11:00am to 1:30pm, Grand Valley Catholic Outreach, 245 South 1st Street, Grand Junction 81501. $25 ticket buys: Soup, Dessert and a handmade pottery bowl of your choice to keep! Tickets available here at IHM in the Parish Office, www.catholicoutreach.org, at Catholic Outreach or on the day of the event. "Feeding the Hungry in the Grand Valley".
IHM will have a Healing Mass on the second Wednesday of each month for all those suffering from cancer, serious illness, any type of disease, healing after surgery and all who need healing of mind, body and spirit. Our next Mass will be held on October 11th at Noon. We also need volunteer Lectors, EM's, Altar Servers and Hospitality Ministers - sign up sheet in the Narthex by the Chapel.
We are excited to announce the return of middle and high school youth group! Our youth group will meet on Wednesday in the Youth Room from 6pm to 7pm. Come join us as we play games, enjoy food, and tap into our creative gifts. Join us and feel free to bring your friends!
IHM is in need of volunteers for Eucharistic Ministers to the Homebound. This is a very rewarding ministry if you would like to assist those who don't have the privilege of attending Mass. Please contact Judy Hettinger in the parish office at (970) 242-6121.
Please join Father Chrysogonus Wednesday evenings from 6 to 7pm for a Bible Study in the Library. The first study will be the Book of Revelation. Join us for an evening of spiritual growth and wisdom in our Catholic Faith.
"The Rosary is the best therapy for distraught, unhappy, fearful and frustrated souls, precisely because it involves the simultaneous use of three powers: the physical, the vocal, and the spiritual, in that order." Bishop Fulton Sheen
The next Worldwide Marriage Encounter Experience is in Durango on Sept 15-17 and Dillon on November 3-5th. To learn more contact Brenda & Gary Granger at (720) 213-8833 or visit www.wwme.org.